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Seanad: Pharmacy Regulations (7 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me raise this matter and thank the Minister of State for being here. I thank the staff for being here at this hour and for their courtesy, and we will not keep them long. May I share time with Senator Ross?

Seanad: Pharmacy Regulations (7 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: This matter is of critical importance to thousands of people, be they pensioners, people who are sick or patients young and old, so that they have access to their medication and there is an equitable restructuring of the pharmacy issue. We all support the important concept and the need to achieve value for money, but I call on the Minister to be equitable in what she does in this regard and...

Seanad: Pharmacy Regulations (7 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: We can give the Minister pills for that too.

Seanad: Pharmacy Regulations (7 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I accept it is late, but the Minister of State was doing well until he went off the script. Pharmacists have indicated they are willing to accept a cut in their fees. I appreciate that the Minister of State is not attached to the Department of Health and Children but I ask him to bring to the Minister's attention that talks and negotiations must be held. There is no contingency plan if the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should not be cheeky to the Cathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: What debate is the Senator calling for?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: What is Senator Leyden asking the Leader?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden has no chance of getting transfers.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden will get no transfers that way.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden wrote to Fine Gael councillors seeking transfers. He has some cheek.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden is with The Beano.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader invite the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Mary Harney, to the House to have an urgent debate on the cuts in pharmacists' margins. I note The Irish Times today had a report that the Minister has written to Fianna Fáil backbenchers. Could the Deputy Leader tell the House whether the Green Party has been ignored because it has become irrelevant or has locked into the...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: What is it called? Is it called abstentionism?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Can the Leader invite the Minister to the House? It is important we have a debate and that the Minister outline to the House the contingency plans if 700 pharmacists opt out of dispensing medicines to medical card holders. These are old and young vulnerable people who are on treatment and need medicine the most. Senator Ross is correct. What is the plan? We do not want people to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, will the Leader define what "guillotine" actually means?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: An bhfuil tú faoi bhrú?

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: I thought the Leader was infallible.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil lost 16% of that vote in June though.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Jul 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: They buried the Progressive Democrats and they will bury the Green Party next.